Two World Series with the Cleveland Indians, in the first of which the family had seats near Drew Carey.

Two Ohio State national championships, the first on his 16th birthday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA championship.

The parade for same. I watched on TV. The Young Swami, a lawyer with a downtown firm, participated.

The Dallas Cowboys' fifth and thus far last Super Bowl championship.

Like LeBron James, the YS eventually sublimated his fondness for my hometown team to the local teams.

We count Ohio State as a local in our house, which explains why he was familiar enough with the players of the past and present to recognize one of the 2002 national championship team's cornerbacks, Dustin Fox, one night recently in New Orleans.

The Young Swami's Ohio State T-shirt led Fox, spotting him on Bourbon Street, to shout: "O-H!"